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This wikiHow teaches you how to select an area in an image and mask it with a solid color fill in Adobe Photoshop, using a computer.
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This is a safety precaution. If you do this, you don't have to worry about making crucial mistakes and messing up the original image in the background.
- Right-click the background layer on the Layers panel on the lower-right corner, and select Duplicate Layer here.
- Alternatively, you can select your background layer on the Layers panel, and press ⌘ Command + J on Mac or Control + J on Windows.
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This tool looks like a paintbrush icon and a dashed circle on the toolbar panel. You can find it in the upper-left corner of your screen.
- You can also just press W on your keyboard to switch to Quick Selection.
- The Quick Selection tool is grouped with the Magic Wand tool on the toolbar. If you can't find Quick Selection, click and hold Magic Wand to access it.
- Alternatively, you can use the Marquee Tool to make a selection. It will allow you to select a rectangular or elliptical area in the image.
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Click all the areas you want to include in your selection. As you click each option, you'll see dashed lines around the edges.
- If you select an area by mistake, you can remove it from your selection by holding Alt and clicking on the area you want to exclude.
- You can adjust your selection's brush tip size in the upper-left corner of the Photoshop window.
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Click the "Contents" drop-down menu and choose Color . This option will allow you to fill the selected area with a solid color fill. It will open the Color Picker window.
- Alternatively, try other options here like Content Aware and Pattern .
- Content Aware will fill the selected area with patterns derived from around your selection. It will remove whatever's inside your selection, and replace it with what's in the background.
- Pattern will allow you to select a custom graphic pattern and fill the selected area with it.
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1. Open an image in Photoshop.
2. Select an area with the Quick Selection
or Marquee
tool.
3. Click Fill
on the Edit
menu.
4. Select Color
next to Contents, and pick a color.
5. Click OK
to apply the color fill.
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